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Lot 381: Akos Birkas (1941- ), KOPF 50 (HEAD NO. 50), 1989 (A DIPTYCH FROM THE KOPF SERIES), Two oils on canvas; one with sheet of paper mounted to the verso signed, dated “Fej 50” and inscribed in pen and ink, titled “Kopf 50” in black magic marker

Est: $8,000 CAD - $12,000 CADSold:
Waddington'sToronto, ON, CAJune 14, 2018

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AKOS BIRKAS (1941- ), HUNGARIANKOPF 50 (HEAD NO. 50), 1989 (A DIPTYCH FROM THE KOPF SERIES)Two oils on canvas; one with sheet of paper mounted to the verso signed, dated “Fej 50” and inscribed in pen and ink, titled “Kopf 50” in black magic marker to this artist’s pen and ink diagram showing how to hang the work attached to the versoEach 78.7 x 35.4 in — 200 x 90 cm; 78.7 x 39.4 in — 200 x 100 cmProvenance:Private Collection, TorontoExhibited:With the Art Gallery of Ontario since September 9, 1991Note:Ákos Birkás is a Hungarian painter known primarily for his abstract works, but he has continually negotiated a relationship between abstraction and figurative representation throughout his career. His large, ovular, abstract portraits known as ‘Kopfs’ (Heads) are his most significant body of work, produced from the mid-eighties up until the late nineties. The series consists of more than 200 individual artworks, often painted on canvases that are the scale of the body, and occasionally constructed as offset diptychs as in this example.Estimate: $8,000—12,000

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International Art Auction

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Waddington's
June 14, 2018, 02:00 PM EST

275 King Street E 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5A 1K2, CA